This is going to be a power blog today.
Sven Mistlinat dropped an excellent interview with Rapha Honigstein in The Athletic. He basically defended all his signings and gave clear rationale as to why the club made the decisions. He also pumped Matteo and Mavrapanos, saying the Greek defender is the fastest defender in the league, and Matteo should have stayed with us.
Without doubt, we’d be a stronger club with Sven here. A lack of leadership didn’t work out well for his tenure at Arsenal. If Ivan G had stayed, he would have managed the process a little bit better and Raul wouldn’t have been allowed to run roughshod on him or the Arsenal brand. It is what it is… he’s doing a good job in Germany with a young collection of players. Hopefully Edu can do something similar with us this summer.
Arteta reckons we’re about to bang.
“This is where we are but sometimes it is difficult to see the moment now, but I’m sure [of] where we are going.
“We have created a really strong group, a really strong bond with our players, with our fans, with our staff and that is going to pay big in the future.
“If you are not inside the club every day and know exactly what is going on within the club, the only way to convince anybody is to win
I AGREE.
Points follow performances… Unai Emery was winning points without performacnes, and it caught up with him. We are performing but not winning points.
Cut out the errors in both boxes and this team will fly.
Our summer is HUGELY important to the revolution. The Arsenal machine has some parts that will always break down. We need to address those and Arteta needs to be fucking ruthless about that instead of believing his own coaching hype like he did last summer. Some things cannot be fixed.
My hope is that we start to match results to our performances starting now.
My second hope is that the plan going into the summer is sexy and clear.
Get rid of the dregs. Sign in young players with high ceilings. Hit the ground running next season.
There is a lot to be excited about. Don’t listen to the moaners that can only make a point by considering the entire season in the worst possible light. This was a transition season. It was a pandemic year, which is why you can’t compare it to any season EVER. The key point… we have found something. The coaching is starting to pay dividends. We are on the right track with the right coach.
What are the chances we could have an easy night for once this season?
It’s a huge game. Let’s see what we have. Let’s keep ’em crossed for a big win.
See you in the comments.
For once Its the opposition doing the suicdal passing from back lol
Olympiacos certainly have their skirt down and ready to get banged by Arsenal.
Telling you for free
Surely a yellow salad got stamped on foot… no card
Tierney looks well up for it, today. As always I hope we don’t regret all these clear cut chances going amiss
That was a painful one on Saka.
That should be a yellow! Just step on Saka’s angle.
Dude pull the card out.
Xhaka is a joke I really can’t wait for that lad to move on
Leno can’t boot thru the all even q0 yards outside the box? Still lie to play out from back?
Xhaka + Leno = Mindy + Mork
Leno/Xhaka combo working a treat as usual……
Anything less than a 2 goal lead would be a failure.
Partey really needs extra shooting practice.
Partey needs to practice how to shoot
Party ducked up the same shot again..
Mr Serge
No kidding….
He has far too many limitations, the most important one: being dynamic.
This is what we need, a dynamic MF.
Luiz, xhaka and willian, 3 players legs hair is building arsenal future around
How crap are these greeks? Sheffield level in PL..wr shud be 2 nil up at least
Partey can’t shoot. Saka can’t head.
Trying to remember the last time Xhaka dribbled past anyone….. drawing a blank.
Tierney could easily have 2 or 3 assists.
Most of our players need boot camp, heavy duty shooting practices… shocking at times
Still no cards??
Please not Willian.
We have more players standing at the FK than in the box?! !!
Tierney is roasting his man, good signs for Sunday
He is not kicking the ball. He just aims the back of the leg
Clearly a couple of weeks out took something out his legs, want him back at full power
Ballerin the worst player on the pitch..cedric should have started
We still aren’t clinical at all, passes, crosses, shots…
FFS … ODE
What the fuck is ode doing
Odegaard did the same at Liecester…hes a truly shit player
Bellerin is soooo slow these days.
Ødegaard do me a favour
Ode has brain farts also. WTF!!!
One player every game tries to screw up…notice the pattern..
Need to get a goal out of all this domination. We live for the sucker punch or the self inflicted defensive errors this season.
Ooops.. almost happened as I type.
Sokratis, the Greek wrestler, wrestled himself to the ground. Nothing new then.
A player that I do not miss one bit.
Starting the same team game in game out. In the EPL and in Europa.
Another Luiz special coming up?
Oodegard appears to have Arsenal DNA
The side and back pass culture instigated by Aeteta costs us time and agai. …
Our players don’t desire relemtless forward maneuvers and seem to think about the opposite direction
Saka being hauled down again
Arteta with his Willian selection, how predictable and pathetic.
Dink the ball in the box.. don’t shoot from the KFK… we are so poor with these shits
Did somebody forget to give this referee his cards today?
Shithouser FC
Bell is an idiot.
Odegaard been cock so far
Arsenal about to go bang and fire arteta, best thing since the double
Can tell why Odegaard never made it at Real, he’s having a mare.
Ode not good enough if he just wants to receive the ball, stop, and pass it back or sideways.most of the time…
Where are the runs with the ball we see in YT clips?
Another mis pass by Ode…. wake up son
The Thursday night competition, better of watching some porn…….
Odegaard is frustrating to watch. Typical Arsenal player of late!
DB10 absolutely need a dynamic quick cm xhaka keeps giving it away or slowing it down
Odegaard has absolutely no right foot or interest in moving that direction. Another totally one-footed player for us.
It takes guts to drive and run forward… Data, Martinelli, Tierney, even Pepe have it.
Don’t see it in Ode
Paetey can hut doesn’t …
What a circus of a MF
ESR over Oordegard based on this form. Was expecting much more.
Odegaard keeps losing possession and only has a left foot! Very very poor so far.
Quality player. Ha ha.
ODE
1
What a hit!!
…….and look who scores!! Great shot!
That goalkeeper looool
Ode can score!!!
What a great strike that is ode
Odegaard scores before William.
Get in
Lollllllll @ their keeper..whata a fucking clown
Fast and powerful, get in
We need to do these forward drives more often!!!
Ode felt guilty abiut earlier mis passes and did it…. wot a fucking shot
Do more….
But a good left foot!
Silence the haters.
Boom!!! and ODE is like suck it.. Le Grove!! hahaha
What a banger
I knew he has a hammer. He should shoot more.
We have so deserved that. Special goal which will do his confidence a power of good.
Poor keeping, but we deserved a goal.
O&hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
Wow!!!!
Fucing he’ll what a goal!!! Ø!!!!!!
OH THE GOD!!!
I think you’ll find that goal is down to me slagging him off! Typical.
COYG!
I think you’ll find that goal is down to me slagging him off! Typical.
COYG!
Keeper was like a boxer that’s been punched and didn’t know what had hit him!!
Their coach looks to have COV-19
Powerful strike lovely goal but should be on a hat Rick.
Some posters on here looking pretty silly.
Guys pick on another player next then he might score.
Holy shit. That was tomahawk missile.
A great shot deserves all the praises…. and mis passes need also be called out
FFS, card the perps…
So deserve that goal. Played well but just not finishing our chances. Special goal from Odegaard which should do his confidence a power of good.
Ref well and truly a gooner
Useroz
Card the perps.
Reading some Judge Dredd?
Yep.. game was falling into familiar pattern.. dominate possession and chances , frustrating bad shots and we make 1 or 3 bad defensive errors and they get straight in on goal against the run of play.. We so needed that. strike.
We need another.
LLUIZ show….ffs
We got lucky.
Lol…..
Again, Leno and Luiz. WTF.
Luiz with a classic brainfart, always entertaining…….
We are trying so hard to girft Olympiakos a goal.
Oh dear oh dear.
When we score we are vulnerable.